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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Stephen Laybutt
| image = SteveLaybut.jpg
| caption = Laybutt training with the [[Newcastle Jets FC|Newcastle Jets]]
| upright = 0.9
| full_name = Stephen John Laybutt
| birth_date = {{birth date|1977|9|3|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Lithgow, New South Wales]], Australia
| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|
| death_place = [[Cabarita Beach]], New South Wales
| height =
| position = [[Defender (association football)|
| youthyears1 = 1994–1995
| youthclubs1 = [[Australian Institute of Sport - Football (soccer)|AIS]]
| years1 = 1995–1997
| clubs1 = [[Wollongong Wolves]]
| caps1 = 29
| goals1 = 2
| years2 = 1997–1999
| clubs2 = [[Brisbane Strikers]]
| caps2 = 68
| goals2 = 6
| years3 = 1999
| clubs3 = [[Shonan Bellmare|Bellmare Hiratsuka]]
| caps3 = 10
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 1999–2000
| clubs4 = [[Parramatta Power]]
| caps4 = 7
| goals4 = 1
| years5 = 2000–2002
| clubs5 = [[Feyenoord]]
| caps5 = 0
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2000–2001
| clubs6 = → [[RBC Roosendaal]] (loan)
| caps6 = 3
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2001
| clubs7 = → [[FC Lyn Oslo|Lyn Oslo]] (loan)
| caps7 = 6
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2002
| clubs8 = [[Sydney Olympic FC|Sydney Olympic]]
| caps8 = 12
| goals8 = 1
| years9 = 2002–2003
| clubs9 = [[Brisbane Strikers]]
| caps9 = 22
| goals9 = 1
| years10 = 2003–2004
| clubs10 = [[R.E. Mouscron|Excelsior Mouscron]]
| caps10 = 30
| goals10 = 1
| years11 = 2004–2007
| clubs11 = [[K.A.A. Gent|Gent]]
| caps11 = 70
| goals11 = 1
| years12 = 2007–2008
| clubs12 = [[Newcastle United Jets|Newcastle Jets]]
| caps12 = 10
| goals12 = 0
| years13 = 2009–2010
| clubs13 = [[Dandaloo FC]]
| caps13 =
| goals13 =
| nationalyears1 = 1998–2000
| nationalteam1 = [[Australia men's national under-23 soccer team|Australia U23]]
| nationalcaps1 = 14
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| nationalyears2 = 2000–2004
| nationalteam2 = [[Australia men's national soccer team|Australia]]
| nationalcaps2 = 15
| nationalgoals2 = 1
}}
'''Stephen John Laybutt''' (3 September 1977 – 13 January 2024) was an Australian professional soccer player who played as a [[defender (association football)|defender]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Renee |last=Valentine |title=Dutchy urges understudies to seize the moment |work=[[The Newcastle Herald]] |page=68 |date=7 September 2007}}</ref> Laybutt [[came out]] as [[gay]] in 2021<ref name="Smh">{{Cite web|last=Webster|first=Andrew|date=2021-12-10|title='I want to give you a kidney': The gay Socceroo whose text message saved a life|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/i-want-to-give-you-a-kidney-the-gay-socceroo-whose-text-message-saved-a-life-20211210-p59ghx.html|access-date=2021-12-10|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en}}</ref> and died by suicide in January 2024.<ref name="7news">[https://7news.com.au/sport/soccer/socceroos-star-stephen-laybutts-cause-of-death-explained-after-going-missing-in-northern-new-south-wales-c-13248546 Socceroos star Stephen Laybutt’s cause of death explained after going missing in northern New South Wales]</ref>
==Early life and career==
Laybutt was born in Lithgow and played youth football at the [[FFA Centre of Excellence|Australian Institute of Sport]] before starting his senior career with [[Wollongong Wolves FC|Wollongong City]] in 1995.<ref name="europe">{{cite web|url=https://www.rtbf.be/article/l-australien-stephen-laybutt-ancien-joueur-de-mouscron-et-la-gantoise-retrouve-mort-a-46-ans-11313012|website=[[RTBF]]|date=15 January 2024|accessdate=29 January 2024|title=L'Australien Stephen Laybutt, ancien joueur de Mouscron et La Gantoise, retrouvé mort à 46 ans|author=[[Belga (news agency)|Belga]]|lang=fr}}</ref> As well as playing for a number of clubs in the [[National Soccer League]] and [[Newcastle Jets FC|Newcastle Jets]] in the [[A-League]], Laybutt played professionally in Japan, the Netherlands, Norway and Belgium. He retired from professional football in 2008.<ref name="europe"/>
He won fifteen [[cap (sport)|cap]]s with the [[Australia men's national soccer team|Australian national team]]. He was also a member of the [[Australia men's national under-23 soccer team|Australian under-23 team]] at the [[Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Olympics]] in Sydney.<ref name="europe"/>
Laybutt was released by Dutch side [[Feyenoord]] in January 2002 to return to Australia, following a loan spell at [[FC Lyn Oslo|Lyn Oslo]], due to a lack of first team opportunities.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.feyenoord.nl/nieuws/nieuwsoverzicht/67255|website=[[Feyenoord]]|date=8 January 2002|accessdate=12 December 2021|language=Dutch|title=Feyenoord en Stephen Laybutt uit elkaar|trans-title=Feyenoord and Stephen Laybutt separate}}</ref>
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==Personal life and death==
Following his playing career, Laybutt came out as [[gay]]. As of 2021, Laybutt worked in the rehab unit at [[St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney|St Vincent's Hospital]] in Sydney. There, he met patient Ian Pavey, to whom he donated a kidney.<ref
Laybutt was reported missing on 13 January 2024 when he could not be contacted after having last been seen the previous night.<ref name=death/> Laybutt was recorded on security camera footage at 11:30 AM on the 13th.<ref>[https://www.news.com.au/sport/football/socceroos/body-of-missing-exsocceroo-found-in-nsw-bush-after-frantic-search/news-story/d2e65888bc190dd71ca0f44d35e2e189 Missing Socceroo spotted on CCTV on day he disappeared]</ref> Police discovered
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'''[[Sydney Olympic]]'''
* [[List of NSL champions|NSL Championship]]: 2001–20
'''[[Newcastle Jets FC|Newcastle Jets]]'''
* [[A-League]] Championship: [[2007–08 A-League|2007–08]]
'''[[Australia men's national soccer team |Australia]]'''
* [[OFC Nations Cup]]: [[2000 OFC Nations Cup|2000]], [[2004 OFC Nations Cup|2004]]
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Players/L/LAV.html Oz Football profile]
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* {{J.League player}}
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